* | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
* \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
*
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2011, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
*
* This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
* you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
+/* This is a simple example showing how to fetch mail using libcurl's IMAP
+ * capabilities. It builds on the imap-fetch.c example adding transport
+ * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
+ *
+ * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 or above.
+ */
+
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl;
- CURLcode res;
+ CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
/* Set username and password */
- curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "user:password");
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
- /* This will list every message of the given mailbox */
- curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3s://user@pop.example.com/");
+ /* This will fetch message 1 from the user's inbox. Note the use of
+ * imaps:// rather than imap:// to request a SSL based connection. */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imaps://imap.example.com/INBOX/;UID=1");
-#ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION
- /*
- * If you want to connect to a site who isn't using a certificate that is
+ /* If you want to connect to a site who isn't using a certificate that is
* signed by one of the certs in the CA bundle you have, you can skip the
* verification of the server's certificate. This makes the connection
* A LOT LESS SECURE.
*
* If you have a CA cert for the server stored someplace else than in the
* default bundle, then the CURLOPT_CAPATH option might come handy for
- * you.
- */
+ * you. */
+#ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
#endif
-#ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERFICATION
- /*
- * If the site you're connecting to uses a different host name that what
+ /* If the site you're connecting to uses a different host name that what
* they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or
* subjectAltName) fields, libcurl will refuse to connect. You can skip
- * this check, but this will make the connection less secure.
- */
+ * this check, but this will make the connection less secure. */
+#ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERFICATION
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
#endif
- /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
+ /* Since the traffic will be encrypted, it is very useful to turn on debug
+ * information within libcurl to see what is happening during the
+ * transfer */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+
+ /* Perform the fetch */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
/* Check for errors */
if(res != CURLE_OK)
fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
curl_easy_strerror(res));
- /* always cleanup */
+ /* Always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
- return 0;
+
+ return (int)res;
}